PXHE EIGHT
MEDFOKD HAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, 1IARCH 30, 1933.
Valiant Dust
by Perclval ' Christopher Wren "beau gest
SYNOPSIS! Suddenly. Colonel
Le Hade of the French Secret Ber
vice Mlrikee to end the teatertno in
trtfjue in the Uoorieh Citadel of
llekazten. First he eaoturee crai
toroue ilalor Riccol of the For
elijn Lenion and hie crony Vittor
eili. Rlccoli hae the effrontery to
try to corrupt Le Sage who then
telle hie eavtlve that ehortlu the
Kaid of Uekaeeen and hie eon
taieul are to be arrested', and aivee
him the bad newe that the Kaid'e
atjente. the ilalicnie. have betrayed
their mooter to Le Saoe.
Chapter 48
LB SAGE'8 PLAN
REALLY?" asked Rlccoli. "And
with what force do you pro
pose to do these wonderful things?"
"Ample, admirable and efficient
a half-hundred of legionnaires.
And who could want anything bet
ter?" Le Sage smiled.
"You think they'll obey yon, do
yon?"
"Certain of It. I'll tell you why.
Do you remember an excellent or.
derly you had at Post One a man
named Bombelll, who, alas, deserted
and was never heard of again? Yea.
Well he's being beard of now and,
In correct uniform and rankbadges,
Is putting the fear of God and sud
den death Into some of the poor
rascals you corrupted and sub
orned. Major Rlccoli. Your Bom
belll, my good Major Rlccoli, Is the
famous Langoac himself. Yes, that's
that we were not alone; and the
devil of It was that I'd aald all
sorts of dangerous things, given
away all sorts of deadly secrets.
"Not only dangerous and deadly
for me, but also for the noble
Sefior Pedro MallgnL We'd said
enough between us, to send us both
to the torture chamber," added Le
Sage.
"Then obviously, my good Le
Sage, Pedro Mallgnl was fooling
you. Be was giving you away to
somebody who already knew Mallg
nl's game, but didn't know yours."
"Anyhow, there It was. Someone
was listening, and the .'im was
up. It Pedrp Mallgnl knew then
I was trapped. It he didn't know
then we were both trapped, and my
one Idea was to get out of the
trap as quickly as possible. So I
politely bade the noble Pedro to
bold bis tongue tor a moment, be
cause I wanted to think.
"I did. I also wanted to hear
and to smell. For, among the few
qualifications which I possess for
this sort of work, are abnormally
acute hearing and sense of smell."
Major Rlccoli yawned.
"You seem to have several at
tributes In common with the brute
creation, Le Sage," be observed.
"I inhaled deeply, savoring the
scent as you say, like an animal
"I'd have fired Into the bulge," deolared Rlccoli.
a nasty shock for you, Isn't It? Oh,
your 16glonnalros will obey me and
follow me, all right"
"Ah I Those who live longest will
tee most, Le Sage."
"You are absolutely right there,
Mnjor Rlccoli. They will."
"Yes, and It Is you and Major
Langeao who should feel anxiety.
How did the fellow get there, by
the way?"
"On a camel I And In the role of
my servant. He takes his teeth out
and turns his eyes In, you know.
And his own mama wouldn't know
hlth. At loaat, I hope not, for ma
ma's sake."
"Well, I'll take bis eyes out and
put. his teeth In In the eye-sockets."
promised Rlccoli.
"I doubt It," smiled Le Sage. "In
fact. Major Rlccoli, I should ad
vise you to think of your latter
end. It draws near."
Major Rlccoli smiled and brushed
this aside with a wave of bis band.
"Uninteresting, Le Sage. Boring.
But there's one point that does In
terest me, I confess."
The door opened and Otho Bel
lemo, saluting, announced that Sergeant-Major
VlttorollI wrs In the
bands of Major Langoac bIbo In the
punlsbmont cell,
"Good. And your three oompa
trlots?" "Present, sir."
"Good. You four will await me
outside this door."
"Well, Major Rlccoli the point
of Interest you montlonod?"
"Yea. It's this. Why exactly did
you choose tonight for this er
exhibition?"
"I'll toll yon. I paid a visit to
day to the apartment of the Raid's
Vlsler, Scflor Podro Mallgnl who,
besides being the Kald's confiden
tial adviser, Is also my scoundrel
ly paid hireling.
"Now whether he was not only
double-crossing, but troble-cross-log,
me, 1 don't know. But after I
bad bad bis aseurance that I could
safely say what I'd got to say, 1
suddenly became aware that I
wasn't so sure of this. I telt a
what the Americans call a 'bunch,'
scenting danger. And Is waa th
scent, literally. Scent used on th
person, or possibly a scented hair
wash or hair-oil, and It was a scent
that I knew. In my stupid way, 1
take note of these things, you see,
Major Rlccoli. And In a very tow
seconds I knew where I'd smell
that particular perfume before.
"As I looked about I softly
whispered to Mallgnl something
quite ordinary and harmless and
noncommittal and at about five
and a half feet from the ground,
a little bulge appeared in a curtain,
the sort of little bulge that a man's
head might make, as he leant for
ward the hotter to hear what was be
ing whispered so confidentially. So,
In my stupid way. Major Rlccoli, I'd
atumbled on tbe truth. I was right.
"Good Qod, I was frightened.
Wouldn't you have been. Major
Rlccoli?"
"I do not know what foar Is,"
replied Rlccoli, with a wave of the
hand.
"No? I envy you, Major Rlccoli.
Now wbat would you have done In
those circumstances?"
"I"? I would have drawn my
pistol and fired straight Into the
middle of the bulgo. And then I
should have fired again, a foot
lower."
"But suppose I bad done that,
and It had proved to be you, Major
Rlccoli? What a catastrophe!"
"Well, It was not I," objected
Rlccoli.
"No, It was not As a matter ot
fact, I know quite well who It was.
But what I didn't know was whethei
the person behind the curtain also
had a pistol, drawn, cocked, and
pointing at me.
"So I Just sat tight, gave away
no more secrets, It there were any
left to give, and, as soon as I rea
sonably could, took my departurs
In as natural a manner as I could
contrive. But 1 don't mind confess
Ing, I had a bad quarter of an hour
from the time I'd seen that bulge.
"For the man who stood behind
that curtain waa Ralsul."
Kefyrifil, mi, t. 4. Sletet Ce.1
La Sags at last lavaa Major Rio.
ooll, tomorrow, but to what tatet
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The meaaage aald: "The Jew'.ah
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PORTLAND, March 80. (AP) A
program, of 160,600 "man months"
may be available in Oregon through
improvement and construction In
national forest of the state under
the president's employment program,
according to a special dispatch to
the Journal today from iU Washing
ton correspondent. .
"On the baala of a six-month work
In? season," the article aald, "this
would give employment to approxi
mately 26,700 men. Thla is for the
national forest alone and doea not
include Indian lands, national parka
or public lands, nor does it Include
work that might be arranged for
with private timber land owners on
some cooperative basis."
The estimate for California, the
dispatch said, is 316.000 man-months,
for Idaho, 167.000, and for Washing
ton, 101,000 man-months In national
forests, i
PORTLAND, March 30. (AP) Al
though attorneys have held that
counties will hare no general regula
tion of the sale of legalized beer out
side of municipalities, the commis
sioners of- Multnomah county believe
they have found one way to cope
with the situation.
A regulation waa being drafted to
day to forbid the sale of beer In any
room or building where a public
dance la being conducted In the
county, except in a public eating
house where dinner dancing la per
mitted, and even in such places, bars
will not be permitted. I
The county Is authorized by law to?
regulate dance hall.
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